Keyshawn Johnson arrested at Calabasas home on suspicion of domestic battery

Rainer Ehrhardt — The Associated Press
Former NFL and USC receiver Keyshawn Johnson has been arrested after a report of a domestic dispute. A Sheriff’s Department statement says deputies responded to a residence in Calabasas at 12:48 a.m. Monday and determined the resident, subsequently identified as Johnson, and his ex-girlfriend were involved in a domestic dispute, and the resident was arrested for misdemeanor domestic battery.

Former NFL star Keyshawn Johnson was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic battery at his home in Calabasas Monday.

Deputies were sent to Johnson’s home in The Oaks, the same gated community where in January he railed against former resident Justin Bieber’s unneighborly driving habits, shortly before 1 a.m. “regarding a spousal assault call for service,” the sheriff’s department said.

Police determined Johnson and his ex-girlfriend had gotten into a fight, and “ensuing investigation resulted in the arrest of the resident for misdemeanor domestic battery.”

Johnson, 41, was released from the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s station about 9:15 a.m. on $20,000 bail.

TMZ.com reported that sources alleged Johnson smashed his ex-girlfriend’s phone, causing a gash to her hand as they argued.

The No. 1 one draft pick in 1996, Johnson was an All-American at USC and played wide receiver for the New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers, retiring after the 2006 season.